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PC SN730 SDBQNTY-512G 512GB

PC SN730 SDBQNTY-512G 512GB
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Effective Speed +128% Effective Speed 128%Average Score +152% Read 265%, Write 222%, 4K Read 22%, 4K Write 47%, Mixed 248%, 4K Mixed 45%, SusWrite 213%Peak Score +165% Read 294%, Write 326%, 4K Read 16%, 4K Write 38%, Mixed 292%, 4K Mixed 28%, SusWrite 159%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves +207% DQ Read 296%, DQ Write 207%, DQ Mixed 287%, ADQ Read 190%, ADQ Write 90%, ADQ Mixed 236%, Age 120%, AS-SSD Total 227%

Average Bench: 224% (77^th of 1072)

Based on 7 user benchmarks. Model: WDC PC SN730 SDBQNTY-512G

Poor: 181%Average: 224% Great: 253%

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Outstanding average bench

The WDC PC SN730 SDBQNTY-512G 512GB averaged 124.0% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WDC PC SN730 SDBQNTY-512G 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 875MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 947MB/s

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Very poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WDC PC SN730 SDBQNTY-512G 512GB is 71.6%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the WDC PC SN730 SDBQNTY-512G 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 42MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 129MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 7 samples)

Rank 77224%

Min	Avg	Max
1,037	Read 1670	1,996
717	Write 1,304	2,064
733	Mixed 1,248	1658
819	SusWrite 929	1,004
288% 1,288 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
19	4K Read 42	50
109	4K Write 129	169
57.3	4K Mixed 65.2	74.6
215% 78.7 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
531	DQ Read 947	1,452
310	DQ Write 550	1,098
513	DQ Mixed 875	1,281
617% 791 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

MYS-User, 6 months ago.

187GB free

Firmware: 11110100

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1056 984 985 992 950 745 MB/s

253% Outstanding

Write 1398

Mixed 1,340

SusWrite 952

288% 1,280 MB/s

4K Read 50

4K Write 169

4K Mixed 74.6

261% 97.7 MB/s

DQ Read 1,452

DQ Write 1,098

DQ Mixed 1,281

956% 1,277 MB/s

USA-User, 2 years ago.

387GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 11140000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1097 1010 897 1005 1007 1004 MB/s

244% Outstanding

Write 1,179

Mixed 1,325

SusWrite 1,004

304% 1,360 MB/s

4K Read 48.6

4K Write 137

4K Mixed 68.9

234% 84.8 MB/s

DQ Read 1017

DQ Write 452

DQ Mixed 906

626% 792 MB/s

USA-User, 2 years ago.

440GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 11140000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 690 918 980 999 993 996 MB/s

233% Outstanding

Write 1,427

Mixed 1,276

SusWrite 929

305% 1,363 MB/s

4K Read 49.6

4K Write 140

4K Mixed 67.7

236% 85.7 MB/s

DQ Read 903

DQ Write 459

DQ Mixed 917

618% 760 MB/s

KOR-User, 3 years ago.

475GB free

Firmware: 11110100

SusWrite @10s intervals: 959 914 960 960 960 959 MB/s

226% Outstanding

Write 922

Mixed 1,185

SusWrite 952

281% 1,264 MB/s

4K Read 45.5

4K Write 113

4K Mixed 63.4

210% 73.8 MB/s

DQ Read 531

DQ Write 478

DQ Mixed 513

383% 508 MB/s

MYS-User, 10 months ago.

356GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 11110100

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1093 1004 973 977 946 847 MB/s

226% Outstanding

Write 2,064

Mixed 1658

SusWrite 973

365% 1,621 MB/s

4K Read 40.3

4K Write 115

4K Mixed 57.3

196% 71 MB/s

DQ Read 900

DQ Write 631

DQ Mixed 779

578% 770 MB/s

USA-User, 2 years ago.

369GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 11140000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 939 976 748 984 881 727 MB/s

206% Outstanding

Write 1,424

Mixed 1,216

SusWrite 876

291% 1,300 MB/s

4K Read 19

4K Write 121

4K Mixed 60.5

170% 66.7 MB/s

DQ Read 958

DQ Write 420

DQ Mixed 939

630% 772 MB/s

USA-User, 2 years ago.

428GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 11140000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 982 921 851 775 710 674 MB/s

181% Outstanding

Write 717

Mixed 733

SusWrite 819

185% 826 MB/s

4K Read 40.7

4K Write 109

4K Mixed 64

202% 71.3 MB/s

DQ Read 868

DQ Write 310

DQ Mixed 788

530% 655 MB/s

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Gaming 15%

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Desktop 77%

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Workstation 13%

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System: Framework Laptop

CPU
Core i5-1135G7IntelBench 69%, 36,962 samples	239x
Core i7-1165G7IntelBench 66%, 51,565 samples	201x
Core i7-1185G7IntelBench 67%, 9,588 samples	54x

GPU
Iris XeIntelBench 14%, 144,774 samples	439x
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	6x
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	5x

SSD
PC SN730 SDBQNTY-512G 512GBWDCBench 224%, 7 samples	1x

RAM
CT16G4SFRA32A.M16FRS 1x16GBCrucialBench 44%, 1,443 samples	52x
CT8G4SFRA32A.M8FRS 2x8GBCrucialBench 80%, 2,776 samples	51x
CT16G4SFRA32A.M16FRS 2x16GBCrucialBench 95%, 2,294 samples	41x

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Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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PC SN730 SDBQNTY-512G 512GB

Average Bench: 224% (77^th of 1072)

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Very poor consistency

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PC SN730 SDBQNTY-512G 512GB

Average Bench: 224% (77th of 1072)

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Very poor consistency

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Average Bench: 224% (77^th of 1072)